The start of the reappraisal of the history surrounding the Franklin expedition was made in 2014 with the discovery of HMS Erebus near the village of Gjoa Haven. Some artifacts are exhibited in the museum there. Image: Parks Canada The discovery of the two shipwrecks...
Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth is also now available in French. In 1897, the Belgica left Antwerp with at its head Adrien de Gerlache, a young captain, Roald Amundsen, the future great explorer as second in command, an...
Mercators map based on his calculations and titled Nova and Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata, Mercator. His works still shape the view on the world today and is essential for navigation. Image: Wikimedia Back in the 16th century,...
Swiss photographer Bruno Zehnder spent a lot of time in and around Antarctica between 1975 and 1997. Mostly he was traveling with the Soviet-Russian expeditions and was especially fond of the penguins. That’s why he gave himself the nickname Bruno...
Just ten years ago, the main storehouse (center) of what was once the largest whaling station Grytviken was a historic accumulation of corrugated sheets and iron and closed to visitors due to the risk of collapse. But thanks to five years of restoration work, the...